
Class E 4 5 7 

,4 

Book .M £ ^ 



AT TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION HALL, 

G STREET, OPPOSITE PENSION OFFICE, 

Monday Eve., December 19, 1892, at 8 o'clock. 

HISTORICAL, POLITICAL. AM) EDUCATIONAL 

Lecture on LINCOLN BEFORE HE IS PRESIDENT 

By Major JAMES K. MAGIE, of Illinois. 



00 
00 



5f 
3 
< 



— 

5 



J: 



U 
a 



.5 c 



J - 



s s s 



z 



I s 




- J: — 











"j 





































u 












u 










i. 


U 


be 


u. 


















a 


X 


- 


&. 






H 




u 



1 


































-= 


IS 


.£ 


ABRAHAM 


LINCOLN 








1 


AUGUST 


?*>, im.8. 



- - 

- c 



Tickets, 25 Cents, 

TO BE HAD OF A COMMITTEE. AND ALSO AT THE DOOR ON THE EVENING OF THE LEi TIKI 



This Lecture has special reference to the points involved in 
the great debates between Lincoln and Douglas. 



INTERESTING AND VALUABLE HISTORY. 

The following brief extracts from the writings of the only two men now living who are 

know n to have discussed with Mr. Lincoln the issues involved in his debates with Douglas are 

. a1 interest as indicating .-t link of thought <>n the pari of Mr. Lincoln far in advance of the 

politician of hia day. These interesting and valuable points will be distinctly Bel forth 

M : joi M r i. in hie lecture. 



Mitten hy .\f,,,,., M.i ■ .in.] pul 

ack over Mint most interesting portion oi 
■al history, commencing with the great 

del between Lii In and Dou Las, we l<><>k in 

vain li r ous mistake of word or Iced by Mr 

Lincoln. !!<• always said the right word at the right 

time Hi-- iir>i joint debate with Mi Douglas oc- 

i Ottawa, August 21, L858 It was about 150 

miles from mj home, but my enthusiasm for the man 

was now at fever heat and I joined the crowd which 

ned to that first oi the great debates between 

■ Intellectual giants 

\t tin dose of this first debate I had Use g I foi 

tune to meet Mr. Lincoln at the housi of a citizen, and 

• ik Borne interest in me when he found it was my 

tion t" be present tit his oext appointment, on 

the following Wednesday, at Augusta, Eancbob county, 

• ■il of a congressional convention in my 

it which I had been appointed n del'ej 

ol very well acquainted with tin railroads of 

i— n ed me to map ou) his route, 

whirl I L cording i" appointment I met him 

[edill, the editor of '/'/>' Chicago Tribune, 

.the following Tuesday Lugusta «a- 

"ii tin Inn between Galesburg and Quincy, 

from the foi mer place. We at 

it 3 p in . and mi the ques- 

ed aa t" the hotel accommodat ons of the 

id learning from the conductor thai they were 

acluded t" itn]i "IV nt M tnunli. A 

new hotel "i ample dimensions had bei i recently 

completed at this plact We wen ■ ■ , Ijoin- 

id nil three "f u> were Boon busy with 

pen and pa] I ■ silence «as broken l>y Mr Lin- 

mini jut" the t oom occupied bj I lie hi! 

-•If. bringing with him a sheet 

had hi itti ti four question 

If] Douglas at their n at 
■it. the following l laj II inr 
• "lis. an th- 
I""' I Mi dill said : M I 
1 .|iii 



are nil right, l>nt if you ask Douglas that second 
question you will simply grease the hole through 
which Douglas will slip, and yon will give him an 
opportunity which he wfll not l»- slow t.. ink. advan- 
tage "i 



Ei r Trill, i. ' •, M, 1/ 

\ L9, 1891 

Jambs K M\..u 

I >i w. Si i; : In addition i" what you write regarding 
my effort t" induce Mr. Lincoln t" change his question 
to Douglas, ht mi state that I renewedthi expostula- 
tion next daj on the train - u rout* to Freeport I t""k 
a seat beside him in the car and reargued the n 
with him. I was acting as secretary of tin Republican 
Stab Committee at the time, and felt myself man or 
less charged with the management of tin- campa 
and t" a small extent responsible for the result "f the 
atruggli But I could not induce him t" ehan 
word of the question in the form he had writ! 

Y. . Lincoln's predictions came true Douglas out 

his throat for the Presidency in I for the 

torship. What a history making epoch that 

campaign was! What mighty results followed tin 

Springfield speech of Xdncoln in June, L858! I J 

irded that a-- his greatest political 
most philosophical ami statesmanlike "f all In 
uttered In point of time that Bpeech 
Seward's famous " irrepressibli conflict' Bpeech, on 
which his anti-slavery fame largi lj r< -t- I ran think 
i if none of the old abolition speeches w hich equalled that 
Springfield sermon delivered in the "Id Stat* H 
"ii the evils "f Blavery and the necessity !"■ 

Licatiou if the Republic was t" I" mainta 
Either Slavi rj must go or the Union m 
was the alti mativi before the whole Ann i 

people that momentous aftern i 

'i iir communication was a valuable contribut 
t" tin literature "I tin- Bubject it die 



Tours truly, 



.1 MKDII.L 






AT THE CHICAGO WIGWAM. 



In 1860 Mr. Lincoln was nominated for the Presidency. It was a notable event Major Magie was early 
on the ground and participated in the proceedings, and will embellish bis lecture with some interesting 
reminiscences of that great occasion. 










Major Magie enjoyed an intimate acquaintance with Mr. L'n 
with Stephen A. Douglas. He heard several of the debat< - and li 
Lincoln's speeches in that memorable contest. Ee also enjoyed 
him upon the topics then discussed. This period was the mo- 
history. It was the period when the battle for the Union was f< 

i 1 e. 

DON'T KAIL TO HEAR T 



5 the pen > 1 of his great debates 
any of the most important of Mr. 
i extended oonvei Bations with 
g and important in our national 
von in thi' arena of discussion and 

,ECT1 fRE. 



What Some Peopk 



1 1 



igie. 



An honest man and evei faithful to duty. — liuth 
L is, olean, and able editoi Fulton 

One of the bee! informed men on political questions 

in the Dal ' ■ \IU ■ !</<'"■ 

W is a | I soldier, and his companions say there 

ii. 't :i bi in in the regimenl —Chi 

V member "t the Dlinois bar, and a forcible public 
ker. — !!'•' -I'ni.jt. 

I mon than thirty years, with pen and bayonet, 
the principles of the Republican party 

!!• kabrj well informed, and a logical and 



lliiint and \\ 1 1 1 \ V ) Tribi 

The firs! to nam< Abraham Lincoln forth* 1': 
denoy and to l>m'k up his choice by faithful 
efficient service.- -Capl I > / '//,■ ■!•! I 

II' is well equipped as a public speaker, able and 
effective. T. J. //■ nd< '/ 

We ha ■ • ta ol Ins labors w hei • 

he has spoken to the people J V Khapp, Ch'n. 

No Bpeaker w qI t" this districl did u> so much 

good as M i Mi ■ V /' 8ti • • . V ' ' 

\ gentleman of education, and a man "f high char- 
acter. I V. Mathetot, Pirtt Comptroller I s 

'/', . asury. 

\ gentleman of large experieno and sound, good 



REMEMBER THE DATE AND PLACE. 






LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



012 025 551 4 



SawwM 



■HHH. 



iBB911IHHii 

■.'->' WISH 



S%ft IIAf IS8S 



.>•''. ■■■/■i..^..'«v a'v.v:'.!.' . 



BH 



'■'>:'•.■ V ' 






HHMIII 









MiW«w 






